Police investigate animal cruelty case after family dog killed, hung on a fence at Gatton

AU NSW: Sick Puppy Rescued From Under House in Western Sydney April 061:37

A puppy suffering from a severe skin infection was rescued from under a house in Sydney’s West on Thursday, April 6, prompting an animal cruelty investigation by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The organisation said the four-month-old puppy had a Demodex Mite infection and was likely to make a full recovery after a concerned member of the public reported seeing the young animal under a house in Austral. Footage shows RSPCA inspector Tanya Dominguez coaxing the little one out from under the building with treats before carrying it away. “Demodex is an extremely easy to treat skin mite, but the outcome if it goes untreated is really horrific. They have open wounds from irritation and scratching, lose their fur and end up looking like burn victims,” Dominguez said. Credit: Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals via Storyful

April 7th 2017

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Rocko's owner believes he was beaten with a star picket.Source:Supplied

KELLY Morrow has been struggling to explain to her children what kind of person would kill a beloved family pet and leave it hanging on a fence.

The Gatton woman made the grisly discovery Friday night when she went to feed Rocko, her four-year-old male staffy she’d had since he was eight weeks old.